(January 7, 2014 at 8:19 pm)Avodaiah Wrote:(January 7, 2014 at 8:13 pm)cato123 Wrote: 7. No evidence for any god. Considering what's written in your Bible; I find it preposterous that adult human beings take this account, literal or otherwise, as an accurate description of a being capable of creating a universe. It's at this point, as Min pointed out, that it becomes silly."god" with a small "g" I mean, not necessarily the God of the Bible.
But Level 7 means there's not even a possibility that there is a god, meaning you don't just need a lack of evidence for a god's existence, but some very convincing evidence against it.
Right? Or am I misunderstanding the Dawkins scale?
I understand the g-thing. Until there is evidence for any gods, there is absolutely no reason to suspect that their existence is possible, let alone probable. Without evidence I am compelled to relegate these god characters to the same part of my brain that stores all other fictitous literary characters. (yes, I'm being figurative describing brain function).
Regarding your interpretation of the Dawkin's scale, are you a 6.99999 on the Santa scale? I don't have to have evidence to claim something doesn't exist. In fact, my stance makes your job easier; all you have to do is provide one piece of evidence demonstrating the existence of any god and my hard position on the matter comes crumbling down around me.
